Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
http://library.mcz.harvard.edu/
Library hours
| Alternate Names: |
|
| MCZ Library |
| Mayr Library |
| Agassiz Library |
| Museum of Comparative Zoology Library |
| Zoology Library |
|
| Phone Numbers: |
| General Information/Circulation | 617-495-2475 |
| Reference | 617-496-1059 |
| Interlibrary Loan | 617-496-1058 |
| Librarian of the Ernst Mayr Library | 617-495-4576 |
| FAX | 617-496-6838 |
|
| Email Addresses: |
|
| Address: | 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Access Information: | Access is open to those with a Harvard ID, membership in the Museum (Friends of the HMNH), alumni of Harvard and Radcliffe, visiting researchers or students/faculty from other schools. The general public may use the library with permission. Call 495-2475 for more information. |
| Circulation Policy: | Books less than 100 years old circulate to anyone with a current Harvard ID. Periodicals circulate locally, with permission, to faculty, graduate students and officers. The borrowing time is 4 weeks for any Harvard ID holder, 8 weeks for affiliates of the Departments of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology or Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Renewals may be requested online in the Hollis Catalog, in person, by telephone. Overdue notices are sent automatically by the Circulation system; please call 617-495-2475 with questions. Reserves circulate for 2 hours. |
| Holdings Description: | SUMMARY: The Ernst Mayr Library collects works at the graduate research level in zoology, animal behavior, biodiversity, bioinformatics, biological oceanography, cell biology, comparative biology, conservation biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, molecular biology, natural history, neurobiology, and paleontology. Special Collections include older natural history volumes and the archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
MATERIALS NOT HELD:In general, the following kinds of works will not be found, or not in significant quantities: agriculture; fisheries biology; and geology (other than paleontology).
SIZE: 109,000 monographs; 165,000 serial volumes; 2,223 currently received serial titles.
EXPANDED COLLECTION DESCRIPTION: The Ernst Mayr Library collects works in the following fields: systematic zoology; general zoology (comparative anatomy and physiology); organismal biology; biodiversity; conservation biology; ecology; evolutionary biology; marine biology; biological oceanography; ethology; paleontology. In addition, the library has an extensive early natural history collection, as well as Special Collections consisting of many old and rare volumes including the papers of Louis Agassiz and others associated with the Museum. The archives of the MCZ are also here.
|
| Services: | ILL Borrowing:
The Ernst Mayr Library will borrow materials for students, faculty and staff of the Departments of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology, and for other Harvard affiliates as needed.
Internal Harvard Lending: The Ernst Mayr Library lends all circulating materials or will provide photocopies to other Harvard libraries without charge. The lending period is four weeks. ALA forms, email, FAX, or OCLC (to HMZ) requests are accepted.
External/Non-Harvard Lending:
The Ernst Mayr Library lends circulating materials to libraries in the U.S. and Canada, and will provide photocopies to institutions whether domestic or foreign. (ALA or IFLA forms, or OCLC requests to HMZ are recommended.) The charge for lending to libraries with no reciprocal agreement is $20.00 per title and the lending period is four weeks. There is a minimum charge of $15.00 for photocopies to libraries without reciprocal agreements.
Equipment and facilities available:
Microfiche and Microfilm reader/printer/scanner
Computer workstations
Photocopiers
Scanner
|
| Resources for Persons with Disabilities: | The Library is wheelchair accessible. |
| Link to Staff Directory: | http://library.mcz.harvard.edu/staff/index.html |
| Link to map: | http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/maps/3.html |
| Faculty (School) Affiliation: | Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
| Regular Term Hours | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|
| closed | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 10am - 1pm |
| Exceptions to Regular Hours | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|
| Summer hours (May 15 - Aug 30, 2009) | closed | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | closed |
| Columbus Day Weekend (Oct 10 - Oct 12, 2009) | closed | closed | | | | | closed |
| Thanksgiving Weekend (Nov 26 - Nov 29, 2009) | closed | | | | closed | closed | closed |
For more hours information: http://library.mcz.harvard.edu/hours/index.html
|
